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The Quiet Millionaire: Part 2 – Major Obstacles to Financial Success

Want to have the wealth you need to follow your dreams? Brett Wilder, Certified Financial Planner and author of The Quiet Millionaire suggests that there are 7 major obsta

Start with recurring monthly expenses

I tend to divide spending up into four categories. [more]

Money Metaphors (You wouldn't punch a kitten, would you?)

Equating my money, emotionally, with something that I find dear and worthy of protection, may force me to treat my money with the respect it deserves.

Adaptation: Lessons learned from being unemployed

Almost 3 years ago I quit my 9-6 job to "take a break." I quit not because I hated that particular job, but because I hated the 9-6 part. It also didn't help that my commute was 3 hours round trip and I didn't get paid well. [more]

Frugal is more than a way to spend money, Part III

Emotional health leads to financial health. One Problem I know that emotional health leads to financial health first and foremost in my own life. On one level, it's pretty straight-forward. [more]

U.S. personal savings rate close to Depression-era rates

Have personal financial bloggers taught us NOTHING? [more]

The Inanity of my Humanity (and why I choose to share it on Wisebread)

  I was researching and writing a "serious" post over the weekend, when I read each of these links. [more]

It's NATURAL for me to spend as I do!

Turns out that my brain, rather like the devil, MAKES ME DO IT. Spend too much, that is. Via Consumerist: [more]

Additional smart, frugal people

I love the plethora of frugal ideas that people are happily posting, for free, all over the internet. I'm sharing some of my favorites here. Because I can. And because Mr. [more]